A tragic incident occurred when a baker, Zoe Letsiou, aged 49, was fatally strangled by her scarf becoming entangled in a bread-making machine while cleaning it at her bakery in Larissa, Greece. Emergency responders were alerted by concerned customers who noticed her absence from the storefront. Despite efforts to revive her, Zoe was pronounced dead at the scene.
Reports from Zoe’s brother-in-law and a local baker indicated that she was cleaning the machine when the accident happened. The scarf she was wearing got caught in the machine’s rollers, tightening around her neck and causing her death.
The community of Damasi, located approximately 30km northwest of Larissa, expressed heartfelt condolences for Zoe, with one person offering strength to her family and another sending deepest sympathies.
In a separate incident, a worker named Paul Clarke, aged 40, lost his life after being crushed by a reversing lorry at a pasty-making factory in Callington, Cornwall. The CCTV footage revealed the tragic moment when the vehicle struck him while he was at work, moving strip curtains in the loading bay. Paul, who had recently joined the Cornwall Bakery, succumbed to his injuries at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, Devon.
Following the incident, the owner of Ginsters faced a hefty fine after pleading guilty to health and safety violations related to the incident. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive revealed shortcomings in risk assessment and safety protocols, particularly concerning the strip curtains used in place of a faulty roller door during lorry operations.
